Sometimes we’re called to wait patiently on the Lord. Other times God gives us something specific to do. How we respond in both of those moments really defines our relationship with Him. As we turn to Genesis 17 today, we find Abram coming out of a LONG waiting season and into the start of a […]
It’s very easy to come to a chapter like Genesis 16 and skim right over it. It’s a story many of us are familiar with, to a point, and one that, if we’re honest, we rather wish wasn’t in the bible. It’s not that it challenges us to live differently. It just that it shows […]
We walk by faith not by sight… and that doesn’t always make life easy. Many times as we walk in our callings, following God as we trust in Him, doubts arise. These doubts can scare us and we tend to push them away. But rather than suppressing these doubts, Abram shows us a better way. […]
Having sat for through years of school history class, not many people get excited to talk about another ancient battle. There were two sides… one won, one lost… what more is there. Yet in this particular battle from Genesis 14 we receive some amazing snapshots of our coming Messiah. Between Abram and the other characters […]
There are days you just wish you could have a “do-over” on. Things just aren’t going the way you’d like and, if you could just start again, things could be so much better. Unfortunately, these opportunities are very rare in our every day lives… yet when it comes to our spiritual lives with Jesus, these […]
We walk boldly in our call! We go into the unknown trusting God with with us and that He is guiding our path! That is, until fear sets in. When fear hits, it often gets us off track. Fear makes us do a lot of stupid things. It makes us forget the promises of God […]
Today Pastor Rick Mailloux looks at Genesis 12 and Abram’s “formal” call from God and how we each have the opportunity to answer the same call in our own lives.
When we talk about the “call of God,” we tend to think big picture and big calls. God calls pastors, missionaries, and evangelists. But what if the call of God was actually bigger than that? What if God was calling not just a select few to a few select roles but instead calling all of […]